ThrivingGardens LLC

Clifton Perkins is the person behind ThrivingGardens, and the clients who wrote about him describe a gardener rather than a mow-and-go crew. A Cambridge homeowner, writing on Houzz in May 2014, said he had been designing and maintaining their garden for almost ten years and that neighbors complimented it daily. The company is listed at 278 Lowell Street in Lynnfield and offers landscape design and installation, sod, native grass seeding, water features, wildscaping, xeriscaping and periodic ground care. Organic practice comes up unprompted: an August 2021 customer credited his knowledge of native plants and soil, and organic gardening skills, after he responded immediately to save a damaged tree; a February 2021 client said they appreciated the organic products. The written history here is small and it is dated — three reviews in all, one on Houzz from 2014 and two on HomeAdvisor from early and late 2021, every one of them five stars, with nothing written since. HomeAdvisor's page is also inconsistent about tenure, claiming 18 years of experience in its highlights while the company's own blurb on the same page says over 12. If what you want is a designed, plant-forward garden tended over years rather than a one-off cleanup, this is the profile of someone who does that work. Ask for recent projects and current references before booking — the praise is specific and real, but the newest of it was written in 2021.